8 Interesting Facts about Signal Boxes
1. In its familiar form, a raised structure with large windows enabling signalman to maintain a look-out, the signal box evolvedContinue Reading
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New Discovery at the ‘Home of Easter’
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Victorian and Edwardian London at the Dawn of the Steel Age
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March’s Research Report Series
This month, we have only one new report to tell you about but it is possible to download a vast arrayContinue Reading
Heritage Highlights
I am rather excited about the new Heritage Highlights project. The first one, Landmark Listings, went down well, and IContinue Reading
Documenting the Physical Legacy of the Home Front 1914 – 18
Today the Council for British Archaeology, English Heritage and many other national organisations are launching an online project, Home FrontContinue Reading
Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above
Have you seen an air photograph of where you live? Perhaps you’ve got used to the view by using aContinue Reading
Putting one up for Kenneth Williams
Now, stop messin’ about! Another English Heritage blue plaque has just gone up in London – and it’s to KennethContinue Reading
England’s Motoring Heritage from the Air
I’ve always loved aerial photographs and when the Aerofilms collection was acquired by English Heritage Archives, I looked forward toContinue Reading
Blue Plaque for Film-makers Powell & Pressburger
Today a blue plaque has been erected to commemorate one of the greatest collaborations in British film history – thatContinue Reading